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Home Bare Acts Phrase: protestNegotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Chapter IX
Title: Of Noting and Protest
State: Central
Year: 1881
.....a reasonable time, cause a notary public to demand better security of the acceptor, and on its being refused may, with a reasonable time, cause such facts to be noted and certified as aforesaid. Such certificate is called a protest for better security. Section 101 - Contents of protest A protest under section 100 must contain-- (a) either the instrument itself, or a literal transcript of the instrument and of everything written or printed thereupon; (b) the name of the person for whom and against whom the instrument has been protested; (c) a statement that payment or acceptance, or better security, as the case may be, has been demanded of such person by the notary public; the terms of hi s answer, if any, or a statement that he gave no answer, or that he could not be found; (d) when the note or bill has been dishonoured, the place and time of dishonour, and, when better security has been refused, the place and time of refusal; (e) the sub scription of the notary public making the protest; (f) in the event of an acceptance for honour or of a payment for honour, the name of the person by whom, of the person for whom, and the manner in which, such acceptance or.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionNegotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 100
Title: Protest
State: Central
Year: 1881
When a promissory note or bill of exchange has been dishonoured by non-acceptance or non-payment, the holder may, within a reasonable time, cause such dishonour to be noted and certified by a notary public. Such certificate is called a protest. Protest for better security.--When the acceptor of a bill of exchange has become insolvent, or his credit has been publicly impeached, before the maturity of the bill, the holder may, within a reasonable time, cause a notary public to demand better security of the acceptor, and on its being refused may, with a reasonable time, cause such facts to be noted and certified as aforesaid. Such certificate is called a protest for better security.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionNegotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 101
Title: Contents of Protest
State: Central
Year: 1881
A protest under section 100 must contain-- (a) either the instrument itself, or a literal transcript of the instrument and of everything written or printed thereupon; (b) the name of the person for whom and against whom the instrument has been protested; (c) a statement that payment or acceptance, or better security, as the case may be, has been demanded of such person by the notary public; the terms of hi s answer, if any, or a statement that he gave no answer, or that he could not be found; (d) when the note or bill has been dishonoured, the place and time of dishonour, and, when better security has been refused, the place and time of refusal; (e) the sub scription of the notary public making the protest; (f) in the event of an acceptance for honour or of a payment for honour, the name of the person by whom, of the person for whom, and the manner in which, such acceptance or payment was offered and effected. 1[A notary public may make the demand me ntioned in clause (c) of this section either in person or by hi s clerk or, were authorized by agreement or usage, by registered letter.] ____________________ 1. Added by Act 2 of 1885 , sec. 5 .
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionNegotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 102
Title: Notice of Protest
State: Central
Year: 1881
When a promissory note or bill of exchange is required by law to be protested, notice of such protest must be given instead of notice of dishonour, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions; but the notice may be given by the notary public who makes the protest.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionNegotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 104A
Title: When Noting Equivalent to Protest
State: Central
Year: 1881
1 [104A. When noting equivalentto protest For the purposes of this Act, where a bill of note is required tobe protested within a specified time or before some further proceeding is takenit is sufficient that the bill has been noted for protest before the expirationof the specified time or the taking of the proceeding; and the formal protestmay be extended at any time thereafter as of the date of the noting.] ______________________ 1.Insertedby Act 2 of 1885, sec. 6.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionNegotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 104
Title: Protest of Foreign Bills
State: Central
Year: 1881
Foreign bills of exchange must be protested for dishonour when such protest is required by the law of the place where they are drawn.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionChristian Marriage Act1872 Section 49
Title: Liability for Frivolous Protest Against Issue of Certificate
State: Central
Year: 1872
Every person entering a protest with the Marriage Registrar, under this Part, against the issue of any certificate, on grounds which such Marriage Registrar, under section 44, or a Judge of the High Court or the District Judge, under section 45 or 46, declares to be frivolous and such as ought not to obstruct the issue of the certificate, shall be liable for the costs of all proceedings in relation thereto and for damages, to be recovered by suit by the person against whose marriage such protest was entered.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionNegotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 103
Title: Protest for Non-payment After Dishonour by Non-acceptance
State: Central
Year: 1881
All bills of exchange drawn payable at some other place than the place mentioned as the residence of the drawee, and which are dishonoured by non-acceptance, may, without further presentment to the drawee, be protested for non-payment, in the place specified for payment, unless paid before or at maturity.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionNegotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 116
Title: Acceptance and Payment Without Protest
State: Central
Year: 1881
A drawee in case of need may accept and pay the bill of exchange without previous protest.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionNegotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 119
Title: Presumption on Proof of Protest
State: Central
Year: 1881
In a suit upon an instrument which has been dishonoured, the Court shall, on proof of the protest, presume the fact of dishonour, unless and until such fact is disproved.
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